Leveraged ETFs and ETNs are not new to most investors. They are also not new in all cases when it comes to precious metals. You are likely familiar with the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) for gold,…
Carl Icahn was on CNBC this afternoon talking up his position gains from the El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP). The CNBC team asked him point blank if Icahn was targeting or if he had…
courtesy Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long. This is called whale-watching. His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking…
Sirius XMSirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) issued a long press release on Monday morning signaling more content and channel expansions for commercial-free music, sports news and comedy. The much more important news is that…
AMRAMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) was halted, but not for ‘News Pending’ as you often see. This morning’s halt was after a single circuit-breaker was triggered. No news has been issued by the company. There…
Many reports have been signaling that the United States is about to slide into another recession, and many have noted over and over that the recession is either already here or never really went…
Flash memory makers might not be going gangbusters on raw memory pricing power this fall, but the good news is that the price declines from earlier have abated and prices to have stabilized. A report…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Apple…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is out with earnings and the headline figure looks like a substantial beat at $1.23 EPS versus $0.82 EPS estimates. The headline number includes an accounting benefit of $0.39, similar…
Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) is a troubled company where any bit of good news can help. News is out on Monday that IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) will broaden the application of digital cinema…
Jon OggEarnings season is upon us and so far things are shaping up either a bit better, or less-bad, than what the news reports and headlines might have led investors to believe. Next week…
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. compiles a summary of the analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms that are having an impact on stocks. At the end of the week…
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) just can’t catch a break. Even getting the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be a real problem for Sprint. Dan Hesse went out of his…
After no IPOs for about two months, we finally have an IPO. Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) is said to be a “next-generation communications technology company” that is actually a wireless networking technology provider targeting…
ZyngaZynga Inc. is still planning to come public in an initial public offering. The online and social gaming company has been making strides of late to distance its dependence solely on Facebook and the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Market Perform at BMO. Beam…
When were panning the hell out of the solar sector earlier in the year at significantly higher share prices, we were very certain that the sector was going to be in trouble. Austerity was…
What advertising recession? What advertising slowdown? Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) just rocked the house on earnings. It may have been punished after July’s earnings report but that is far from the case today. Gross…
You know the Wall Street rumor mill goes into overdrive from time to time. This is not so much of a “today” issue but an “all of them, right now!” issue. There are too many…
Paper money was supposed to be dead, the dollar was supposed to implode, and hyperinflation from all of the bailout money and deficit spending was supposed to eat us alive. It was the perfect…